The great Anand’s little ideas – part III
Radosław Wojtaszek's commentary on the final games of the Anand-Topalov match again reveals the thinking of the Anand team, but also the…
The great Anand’s little ideas – part II
Radosław Wojtaszek, one of Anand's seconds and the latest member of the 2700-club, annotates games 7-9 of the Anand-Topalov World Championship match in…
Voices from Kalmykia
For all the attention devoted to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as FIDE President, his role as Head of the Republic of Kalmykia remains more…
Kamsky on the Candidates Matches
Gata Kamsky, in Azerbaijan for the Baku Open which starts on Sunday, gave an interview to T. Tushiev for extratime.az. The…
Interviews from the World Junior Championship
The World U-20 Championship in Poland lent itself to photo reports, but there was little real coverage from the venue. An exception was…
The forgotten recollections of Chigorin’s daughter
Alexander Kentler, who writes a chess column for sportsdaily.ru, was recently sent a remarkable document: the recollections of Mikhail Chigorin's daughter on…
Khalifman: “Anand’s a genius. He emanates light”
While on his way to winning the Minsk Open, former World Champion Alexander Khalifman gave a long and thoughtful interview to Elena…
The great Anand’s little ideas – part I
Grandmaster Radosław Wojtaszek, one of Viswanathan Anand's seconds in Sofia, annotated the games from the recent World Championship Match for…
Karpov proposes holding Candidates Matches in Kiev
Anatoly Karpov, former World Chess Champion and candidate for the post of FIDE President, is proposing switching the Candidates Matches from…
“One of those things that distinguish us from the Neanderthals”
This is how Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow describes chess in his wide-ranging responses to reader questions at the Crestbook website. Other…